[Diary Of Your Average Devil: Volume 1
Chapter 1: Ether Body
Ether Body is bizarre. It still baffles me how robust and tenacious it is compared to the Spirit Body or the Body of Heart and Mind, both of which can be freely utilized by those whose pathways grant abilities tied to those specific domains of the soul.
Even so, I attempted to take control over it. The result was, frankly, catastrophic. I nearly lost control entirely, and my body began breaking down as I destabilized the vital energies that constitute my physical form.
And yet, it is still an energy. A source of power. Even if mastering it borders on impossible, the mere fact that I can interact with it at all means there exists some path toward deepening that connection, enough to achieve at least partial control.
For now, I cannot say what that will yield. It may cause great damage, or worse, irreversible one like loss of control or death.
But there is another possibility. If vital energies compose my physical form, and I am a devil, then demonification is simply the direct expression of the Ether Body, a transformation into a demonic creature driven by the potion's granted ability.
In other words, manipulating the Ether Body is possible. But only when a devil invokes an ability granted by the potion.
I'm not discouraged. If anything, it excites me. It has been a while since I felt exhilaration like this, because there is a chance, however slim, that I will succeed.
Why do I think so? Other pathways offer quite the inspiration. Witches channel curses through ritual and incantation. Those of the Mystery Pryer and White Tower pathways are capable of constructing spells independently. In other words, even where a pathway does not directly grant an ability, Beyonders can still develope spells and abilities, through it's something akin to ritualistic magic, and in their case, it operates through Spirit Body and Spirituality rather than the Ether Body.
My hope rests on the possibility that the same logic applies here.
If it doesn't... then I will die. That thought isn't exactly comforting, and I have a great deal left to do before Lady Death! wait, hmm... death was male... Before Mr. Death welcomes me into hell. Even so, I cannot let an opportunity like this pass me by.
After all, I am the Devil of Endless Horizon.
And I intend to reach the horizon's edge.]
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